Principles of ArithmeticDeighton, 1885 - 220 pages |
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... count and to measure . In the first case numbers are employed to enumerate distinct objects and even thoughts or events ; in the second case they express some continuous quantity such as a length or an interval of time in terms of some ...
... count and to measure . In the first case numbers are employed to enumerate distinct objects and even thoughts or events ; in the second case they express some continuous quantity such as a length or an interval of time in terms of some ...
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... the required name . This is the ordinary process of counting , and we are really comparing the number of objects with the number of words in the series one , two , three . We take these words in fact as our I - 2 INTRODUCTION . 3.
... the required name . This is the ordinary process of counting , and we are really comparing the number of objects with the number of words in the series one , two , three . We take these words in fact as our I - 2 INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... count further ten and ten and ten and one up to ten and ten and ten and ten . But we are naturally led to shorten these names by means of multiplication and to say two tens , two tens and one , two tens and two , three tens , four tens ...
... count further ten and ten and ten and one up to ten and ten and ten and ten . But we are naturally led to shorten these names by means of multiplication and to say two tens , two tens and one , two tens and two , three tens , four tens ...
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... count beyond a hundred it will be simply necessary to repeat the former numbers , placing the word one hundred before them , as in one hundred and four tens and seven for example , till we come to two hundreds . We then again repeat the ...
... count beyond a hundred it will be simply necessary to repeat the former numbers , placing the word one hundred before them , as in one hundred and four tens and seven for example , till we come to two hundreds . We then again repeat the ...
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... count beyond a thousand we add to a thousand the numbers previously formed , as in one thousand and one , one thou- sand and two , & c . The principle is naturally connected with our mode of counting objects laid before us . We then ...
... count beyond a thousand we add to a thousand the numbers previously formed , as in one thousand and one , one thou- sand and two , & c . The principle is naturally connected with our mode of counting objects laid before us . We then ...
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3rd Edition adding addition already arithmetical begin bers called combinations common considered contain continue count cube decimal fractions definition denominator difference divide divisible divisors dozen Edition eight Elementary English equal exactly example expressed fact factors Fcap figures five four fourth further geometrical give given greater Greek groups half Hence hundred hundredths inches increased instance language Latin least leave length less letters means method multiply namely nine notation number divisible objects obtain once operation permutations prime numbers properties proportion prove quantity question quotient ratio reader reason relations remainder result revised rule seen seven shew side square root subtract suppose symbols taken tens tenths theorem things third thousand tion triangular number twice unit of measure variations whole number wish write written
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